A third of Russians suffer from aerophobia
The number travelling abroad on trains increased by 8.5%, which is associated with fear of flying.
“The plague of the XXI” — aerophobia — suffers a third of Russians. But some of them do not want to travel and goes abroad on trains.
According to the Railways, the number of travelers going to other countries “on wheels” in 2016 increased by 8.5%.
And the site OneTwoTrip found out that most train Russian tourists travel to Germany, Finland and the Czech Republic.
A member of the Public Council under the Federal tourism Agency Roman Bobylev told “Izvestia” that about 1% of Russians are traveling abroad by train (about 1.5 million). Life some tourists operates a fear of flying, and train — the only acceptable way.
The specialists of the ticket booking service OneTwoTrip has analyzed search requests and has allocated an increased interest in travel by train in Germany, Finland and the Czech Republic.
— If to speak about the European countries, on the basis of purchases and searches, the most popular train routes abroad are the following: Moscow-Berlin, Moscow-Helsinki, Moscow-Prague. Also in demand train to Riga and Tallinn from Moscow and St.-Petersburg, — has told “news” the Director for development of booking site OneTwoTrip Arkady Gines.
Train “swift” launched recently (in December 2016), from Moscow to Berlin 20 hours. He stops at Smolensk, Orsha, Minsk, Brest, Terespol, Warsaw, Poznan and Frankfurt / Oder. During the first month of the route took advantage of 2.8 thousand people, — he proved to be very popular.
To reach the capital of Germany is possible by train Moscow-Berlin-Paris, which departs from the Belorussky railway station once a week.
In this case, the road to Berlin will take a little more time than “the Swift”, but the train goes a slightly different route: on the way to go in Hanover, Frankfurt and Strasburgeriaceae Gamesdirectory development site OneTwoTrip
Train “Vltava” sailing between the capitals of Russia and the Czech Republic, making stops in Pardubice, Olomouc and Ostrava, and also in Minsk, Brest and Terespol. To Prague will take tourists a little more than a day.
Today, the train the Russians without a transplant can get in 11 countries in Europe and Asia — Germany, France, Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, Austria, Monaco, Italy, China, Mongolia and North Korea.
Most often this type of transportation travelers choose for flying. According to the psychologist of the Metropolitan center for the treatment of aerophobia Alexei Gervase, this disorder affects about 30% of Russians. And every fourth passenger experiences discomfort during the flight.
The specialist told “news” how to develop aerophobia.
— First person out of fear drinks the glass of alcohol before the flight. Then two. Over time, everything is on the rise: a man decides he will only fly one airline or, for example, no longer than four hours. If possible, avoid flights he can move other vehicles. After some time, he decides not to fly at all — never, in any case, — said Alexey Gervas.
Alone this phobia recedes very rarely requires therapy. But Alex Hervas encouraging:
Therapy can solve the problem in 98% of cases. Only 2% of people can’t cope with aerophobia due to a psychiatric, not psychological abnormalities. But all aerophoba very health-conscious and consider myself to 2% Alexey Gerassimov the Metropolitan center of aerophobia treatment
Therapy consists of effective and passive parts. Within two to five days the person is engaged with a psychologist on the simulators. Then work on your own: sitting in the plane, the passenger uses a special breathing technique or the other technique and gets rid of the fear. The number of such operations can be and three, and twenty-three — it just depends on the person.
Experts say that aerophobia is not so much a fear of dying (all this fear), but fear of losing control of the situation. This is typical of people who are used in your life to be in control.